Host India emerged champions of the 7th Mens Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament, edging out Malaysia 4-3 in the nerve wracking final at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai today.

Down 1-3 late in the third quarter, India made a stunning comeback to clinch victory with Akashdeep Singh scoring the match-winner in the 56th minute. This was the fourth title triumph for India, who had won their earlier three in 2011, 2016 and 2018. Asian Games champions won the bronze medal, trouncing defending champions South Korea 5-3 earlier in the day.

Hockey announced a cash award of Rs 3 lakh for each player and Rs 1.5 lakh each support staff of the victorious Indian team. Odisha defender Amit Rohidas was part of the victorious Indian team.

RESULTS:

August 12 (Match 19, 3rd/4th Place): Japan (Ryoma Ooka 3-FG, Ryosei Kato 9-FG, Kentaro Fukuda 28-FG, Shota Yamada 53-FG, Ken Nagayoshi 56-PS) beat South Korea (Jonghyun Jang 15-PC, 33-PC, Cheoleon Park 26-FG) 5-3. PoM: Shota Yamada.

August 12 (Match 20, Final): India (Jugraj Singh 9-PC, Harmanpreet Singh 45-Ps, Gurjant Singh 45-FG, Akashdeep Singh 56-FG) beat Malaysia (Kamal Azrai Abu 14-FG, Razie Rahim 18-PC, Aminudin Muhamad 28-PC) 4-3. PoM: Hardik Singh (India).

TOURNAMENT AWARDS: Best Rising Goalkeeper: Takumi Kitagawa (Japan). Best Goalkeeper: Kim Jaehyeon (South Korea). Top Scorer: Harmanpreet Singh (India). Best Player: Mandeep Singh (India). Best Emerging Player: Abdul Shahid (Pakistan). Best Goal: Karthi Selvam (India). Maximum Goals: India (29 goals)
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